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EnglishYears 7, 8, 9About 9 sessions (estimate, no timer)A parent checks the finished piece
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Director's Studio
Four lovers, a fairy quarrel and some very amateur actors. Direct one scene two different ways — and explain why.
What you'll make
A relationship map, two staging plans for one scene, an annotated script or storyboard and a director's explanation.
What you'll learn
- Dramatic irony
- How comedy works on stage
- Conflict between characters
- How performance choices change meaning
You'll need
A complete school edition of the play · Paper for a storyboard · Optional: a trusted adult to read parts with
Spoken work is optional and private: read aloud with a trusted adult at your own pace. Acting, filming and costumes are optional. Written work alone doesn't count as a spoken skill.
Curriculum links
- Read and appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage through the study of Shakespeare, seminal world literature and poetry since 1789
- Study setting, plot and characterisation, and the effects of these on the reader
- Improvise, rehearse and perform play scripts and poetry in order to generate language and discuss language use and meaning, using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness and action to add impact
- Write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length for pleasure and information, including well-structured formal expository and narrative essays
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